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“ Statement of ABA President Karen J. Mathis concerning U.S. Department of Justice petition regarding counsel for Guantanamo detainees Earlier in April. “The ability of lawyers to confer with their clients and advocate for justice for those clients is a deeply imbedded principle of American democracy. Arbitrary restrictions concerning the number of times and the ways that lawyers may confer with their clients in Guantanamo, or in any court, would threaten competent representation without at all advancing national security. The principles of freedom, due process and justice are too critical to our national character to be abandoned in any manner.
Statement of ABA President Karen J. Mathis concerning U.S. Department of Justice petition regarding counsel for Guantanamo detainees
